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Maxim Alexandrovich Galkin (Russian: Макси́м Алекса́ндрович Га́лкин; born 18 June 1976) is Russian and Israeli comedian,[1] television presenter and singer. Galkin left Russia in March 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine[2] and was subsequently listed as a foreign agent by the Russian government.[3]
In 2010, Galkin was one of the few comedians performing an impression, albeit 'light-hearted', of President Vladimir Putin, on Russia's Channel One TV channel.[5]
On New Year's Eve in 2013, Galkin and the then popular Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy performed together in a traditional New Year's program called “Little Blue Light” on the Russia-1 TV channel. Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, who later became a leading Kremlin propagandist, also appeared on the show as one of the presenters and danced in the audience during Galkin and Zelenskyy's performance.[6][7]
After November 2016 he hosted a children's talent show on TV "Best of all", and did so at least until mid-2017.[8]
Since 2001, Galkin had been romantically involved with the famed Soviet and Russian singer Alla Pugacheva. On December 24, 2011, the couple married, despite the significant age gap.[10]
On September 18, 2013 Galkin and Pugacheva became the biological parents of twins via a surrogate mother – Elizaveta and Harry.[2] In August 2022, Russian media reports suggested that his wife and children may have returned to Russia, and in September 2022, Russia listed him as a foreign agent.[3] Since then, every post he uploads on Instagram has a 24-word disclaimer stating that he is a foreign agent.[11] Russian media also puts an asterisk to his name stating that he is a foreign agent.[12][13][14]
He spoke up negatively about the Russian gay propaganda law, comparing it to a 'witch-hunt', which is created only for political PR and public distraction from more important issues.[16] However, he does not deem it necessary to legalize same-sex marriage and LGBT adoption because it can provoke a negative reaction in society.[17]
